Hi! Wilfred,   
      
   On 23 Aug 16 08:26, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV> Yes, this one: "PID: PING_Bot 0.004 *free*" ;)   
      
    WV> I tested a number of systems on the 18th (my date not yours ;)),   
      
   :)   
      
    WV> before I started working on my code, to see what kind of responses I   
    WV> would get. From the 18 I send out I got 9 responses from 8 systems.   
      
                                    ^   
   The appropriate word is sent.  I see this form often misused.   
      
    WV> But maybe some are held up by the fact that Wards system has been down   
    WV> again. We'll see when he gets online again...   
      
   Okay.  Unless they get routed to the 'too hard bin', 'file 13', ermm... the   
   bit bucket.  ;)   
      
    WV> I found your systems response a bit sparse compared to others,   
    WV> although sufficient: It just quotes the Via lines, not the entire   
    WV> message. And it said it was a TRACE response, when in fact it should   
    WV> have been a PING response, because my message was directed at your   
    WV> 3:640/384 system, which was also the one responding...   
      
   Oh, I didn't know there was a difference in expectation in the specifications.   
      
   Ah, I've just re-read the proposal.  I see what you mean.  I'll quit using my   
   botched effort.  Thanks for the heads up.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)